ULS Math: Mixed Word Problems

Raj finds 24 birds. Mary Beth finds 18 birds. How many more birds does Raj find than Mary Beth?

There are 7 days in a week and you have 11 weeks off for summer vacation. How many days do you have off altogether?

Mary Beth is putting leaves into 31 bags. She puts 26 leaves into each bag. How many leaves are there altogether?

The word "altogether" tells you to add or to multiply.

The words "have left" tell you to add.

Mario counts 513 birds and Randy counts 480 birds. How many more birds did Mario count than Randy?

The words "many more" tell you to subtract.

Mrs. B's class finds 43 leaves and 42 flowers while hiking. How many items did they find altogether?

Mary Beth has 47 rocks to stack. She stacked 25 rocks. How many rocks does Mary Beth have left to stack?

Raj has 25 pine cones to place equally into 5 boxes. How many pine cones does Raj put into each box?

Mario wants to pick 34 flowers. He picks 16 flowers. How many flowers does Mario have left to pick?

Keisha sees 362 birds and 290 bees while hiking. How many birds and bees does she see altogether?

Mario counts 14 flowers, 11 pine cones, and 21 rocks. How many items does Mario collect altogether?

Mario finds 53 leaves. Randy finds 39 leaves. How many more leaves does Mario find then Randy?

Mary Beth counts 15 leaves, 14 pine cones and 10 rocks. How many items does Mary Beth count altogether?

Keisha finds 20 flowers, 14 birds, and 3 bees. How many items does Keisha find altogether?

Mary Beth counted 191 bees on Monday and 115 bees on Tuesday. How many more bees did she count on Monday?

Mary Beth has 54 rocks to put equally into 9 rows. How many rocks go in each row?

Randy has 32 flowers to put equally into 8 jars. How many flowers go into each jar?

Keisha needs 358 pine cones. She finds 260. How many pine cones does Keisha have left to find?

Randy is counting birds in trees. If there are 7 trees and 7 birds in each tree, how many birds does he see altogether?

Mario is putting rocks into rows. If there are 20 rows and 25 rocks, how many rocks does Mario put in rows altogether?

Randy and Mario are counting rocks. Randy counts 174 rocks. Mario counts 196 rocks. How many rocks altogether?

The words "in each" tell you to subtract.